Past, Present and Future — Orientations towards Repartnering

Abstract

This chapter looks at our interviewees’ orientations towards repartnering. It examines whether they want new couple relationships, when they want them (assuming that they do) and whether they are currently looking for a new partner.¹ It also discusses the kinds of relationships and partners for which they express a preference, and those they intend to avoid. In addition, it brings into consideration remarks made by the interviewees that are of relevance to the repartnering process. Some of these relate to their repartnering behaviour, if any, during their time as a formerly married person or former cohabitee. Others relate to aspects of their lives and situations that they perceive as having, or anticipate as being likely to have, an impact on their likelihood of repartnering or on the repartnering process more generally.